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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Tuesday, April 2, 1957

54-Across : Armadillo.

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,835
Across
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Ceramic ware. : CHINA
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___ up (become lively). : PERK
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Foment. : BREW
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Embarkation place of 1492. : PALOS
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Siouan Indian. : OTOE
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Bicycled. : RODE
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Something valuable. : ASSET
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Hildegarde is one. : CHANTEUSE
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One whose hobby is exploring caves. : SPELUNKER
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Spoke with fury. : RAGED
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Building material. : STEEL
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A short while ago. : LATELY
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Flounder. : DAB
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Adjective suffix. : EST
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Lofty. : HIGH
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Sinai dweller. : ARAB
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Basis for Trendex report. : TVAUDIENCE
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Least part. : MINIM
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Tree. : ELM
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Move slowly. : CREEP
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Season in the Spring. : EASTERTIDE
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Glut. : SATE
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Cutthroat bridge group. : TRIO
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Pronoun. : ITS
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Venturi starts here. : TEE
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Awe-inspiring. : SOLEMN
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Muzzle. : SNOUT
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Armadillo. : APARA
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Guides. : SIGNPOSTS
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Bugbear. : BETENOIRE
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Room for linens, pitchers, etc. : EWERY
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Siobhan McKenna's land. : ERIN
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A Capetown citizen. : BOER
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Second showing of a film. : RERUN
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McNally's partner. : RAND
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Bonifaces' places. : INNS
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Check. : BRAKE
Down
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Workers on financial records. : CPAS
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Trunk fastener. : HASP
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Fraulein's name. : ILSE
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Carols. : NOELS
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Shrewd. : ASTUTE
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President's tacit disapproval of a bill. : POCKETVETO
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Lucy's pal. : ETHEL
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Leonine lament. : ROAR
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Where Frankfurt is: Abbr. : KEN
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Ten-minute breaks. : BREATHERS
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Cosmetic item. : ROUGE
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Henry Ford's son. : EDSEL
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Lanky; ungainly. : WEEDY
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Calamitous. : TRAGIC
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___ egg. : NEST
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Where eye shadow goes. : LID
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Margot Fonteyn, for example. : DAME
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Solo. : ARIA
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Embargoes. : BANS
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Corkers. : HUMDINGERS
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Last ditch. : BITTEREND
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"Kim" character. : ALI
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Adroit. : NEAT
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Whale. : CETE
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Type of foil. : EPEE
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"Happy Hunting" heroine. : MERMAN
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Short for a movie dog. : RIN
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Harrow's rival. : ETON
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Excellent. : SUPERB
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Cavalry sword. : SABER
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"Fidelio" is one. : OPERA
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Livy's tongue. : LATIN
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Vamp. : SIREN
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London landmark. : TOWER
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Common noun suffix. : SION
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Wheys. : SERA
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Part of the Carolines. : TRUK
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"Auld Lang ___." : SYNE
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Kimono sash. : OBI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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